Candy Corns

Ghouls, graveyards and goblins, Halloween can be harrowing! But where there’s creep, there’s also merriment: parades, painted faces and candy corn!

Candy corn, this most classic of Halloween goodies, also happens to be one heck of a good looking object! Like all of our most cherished holiday candies – candy canes, gelt, jelly beans – candy corns aren’t really loved for their flavor. They’re adored because they cause us to conjure the rituals and details of the day, to relive in our minds a lifetime of Halloweens. It’s not the power of sugar; it’s the power of good design!

These little knit sweeties will ensure that candy corn is a part of your Halloween tradition, year after year. Line them up on your windowsill; arrange them on your mantle with some candles; or pop them into a big bowl on your hall table. They’re kinda irresistible.

I knit up my set of Candy Corns with Brown Paper Packages’ Trio, a beautiful silk and wool blend. The shine of the silk brings an unexpected elegance to these little guys, which I love! And Trio is actually a needlepoint yarn, making it the perfect choice for knitting up palm-sized objects like these!

Get started on your own bunch of knitted confections!

The Materials

For 10 Candy Corns:

11 total skeins of Brown Paper Packages’ Trio, 50% wool and 50% silk.

5 skeins of Big Canary (Keep your tails on the short side in order to get every last yard out of this color!)

Great to know about the lentils. I will use them in other projects too. I think the candy corns are adorable and I know just the person I would knit them for. My grown daughter loved candy corn growing up. I always got her a treat bag of them. Nowadays, we can't always be together on Halloween, but she would love displaying the knit candy corns as part of her Fall decorating! Thanks!

P.S. I am getting really exited about these gnomes, so I have the following questions: how long did it take you to knit these each? And could you post a more clear picture of the top (like the one of the bottom)? I am from Holland so I don't understand all of the directions, but if I have a clear picture I can make it out from that. Thanks in advance.

I think each Candy Corn took me about one or two hours to make. I don't have a picture of just the top, but in the photos at the beginning of the story you can see some good images of the tops. They're a lot like a hat!

I love the idea of your gnomes, so cute! Please send us a link when you're done!

Hi, I'd like to make one large candy corn for my daughter's dorm room. If I wanted it to be four times larger, could I successfully make this pillow by multiplying your pattern by four? Seems logical, but I'm no where near being a designer. 🙂

Yes! Pretty much any pattern that calls for double pointed needles can be done using the magic loop method instead. Just use a nice long needle, and if a pattern counts on the end of a double pointed needle to keep track of stitches, be sure to place a marker instead.

Thanks so much for asking and I hope you end up with a big bowl of Candy Corn! Please let us know if you need any help along the way.

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